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Chinese firecracker roll being set off Large flower cracker set off at night Firecrackers set off in Sibu, Malaysia, to celebrate Chinese New Year. A firecracker (cracker, noise maker, banger [1]) is a small explosive device primarily designed to produce a large amount of noise, especially in the form of a loud bang, usually for celebration or entertainment; any visual effect is incidental to ...
Liuyang fireworks, a specialty of Liuyang City in Hunan Province, People's Republic of China, includes firecrackers and fireworks, with a history dating back to the Tang dynasties and Song dynasties. [1] Its production skills were selected into the first batch of China's national intangible cultural heritage representative projects list. [1]
Chinese fireworks or paper fireworks, also known by the French terms feux pyriques or feux arabesques, [1] is a type of optical toy box that displays pictures with twinkling light effects. The pictures are printed or painted on paper, parchment or cardboard plates, and contain perforated elements.
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These days, we think of firecrackers, Roman candles, cherry bombs and the like as things we make noise with on the Fourth of July, or perhaps New Year's Eve. A century ago, however, Christmas Day ...
Bamboo cannon in West Sumatra, 1947. A bamboo cannon (Malay: meriam buluh, Jawi: مريام بولوه ; Tagalog: lantakang kawayan; Waray: lantaka, Indonesian: meriam bambu, Javanese: mercon bumbung) is a type of home-made firecracker which is popular during the Eid season in Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as during New Year's Eve celebrations in the Philippines.
1.4 Consumer Display Rocket. A rocket is a pyrotechnic firework made out of a paper tube packed with gunpowder that is propelled into the air. Types of rockets include the skyrockets, which have a stick to provide stability during airborne flight; missiles, which instead rotate for stability or are shot out of a tube; and bottle rockets, smaller fireworks – 1½ in (3.8 cm) long, though the ...
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